McBrearty was excellent last night, kicked some beautiful scores, but he is very ‘one footed’. The problem for him is that as the year goes on and defences tighten up this mitigates against him against the really top teams, especially when he is the only real scoring threat they possess. What could well help him, and Donegal, as the year goes on would be Murphy regaining some form and being played solely as a forward, not being dragged out the field as has been the case in recent years. if they were to operate with two scoring inside forwards then an Ulster title could be well within their grasp.

@rochey - you got any good video of Paddy that the politically and religiously correct could bring to the CCCC? Not enough that we are scrutinised by 31 … let’s do it ourselves too …, seeing as no one else does …

Well said DUB09, standing on the hill last night viewing the match through what could only be best described as a shattered windscreen, thought the ref really gave the decisions to Donegal when they needed them not because it was the right decision. One example being, dng player running in on goal tackled by 4 dubs losses possession, the ref is 10 yards behind play can see nothing and blows for an arm pull. Their the breaks you need and their the refs that will get the games come championship.

Think there’s a reason JG never came looking for him and last night showed his judgment was almost certainly bang on. I know it sounds mad to be writing him off at this level so soon but he’s played twice now and picked up a very silly red and then last night the game totally passed him by. He contributed nothing.

I don’t intend to be harsh on the lad, he’s excellent at club level but the step up to county level seems a bit beyond him unfortunately.

I was sitting right behind the Donegal subs and you could see it in his face as he came off. Think he realised himself he has a serious improvement to make and quick.

the thing about the refs being equalisers isn’t new, its been around for an age and not just our sport. anyone who follows a bit of nba or hockey in the states will be well familiar with it. all to do with money and how much mullah can be got for selling the TV rights. and the more TV and money comes into it, the more this will happen. the suits don’t say to refs “keep it close so its exciting on TV” but they might as well cos any ref with an ounce of cop knows he’ll get ■■■■ all games again if he allows them dubs trash the culchies in high-summer on “prime-time TV”. very yankish, i know, but we do have a habit of sheeping everything they do.

Think there’s a reason JG never came looking for him and last night showed his judgment was almost certainly bang on. I know it sounds mad to be writing him off at this level so soon but he’s played twice now and picked up a very silly red and then last night the game totally passed him by. He contributed nothing.

I don’t intend to be harsh on the lad, he’s excellent at club level but the step up to county level seems a bit beyond him unfortunately.

I was sitting right behind the Donegal subs and you could see it in his face as he came off. Think he realised himself he has a serious improvement to make and quick.

Hopefully he can turn it around

He had a good McKenna cup and the first league game became a non event for him. They were under the cosh at midfield for a while last night and he paid the price, it could just as easily have been the other midfielder though. But the real culprit was the keeper, he needed to vary it a lot more.

Mullins might be up to this, or he might not, but I don’t think we have seen a whole heap of evidence either way.

he’s already seriously good, often the difference between us and opponents in the biggest games.

Absolutely he is good. But I worry some day he will turn over a ball and lose us a big game. He is worth his place on the championship team, but it’d not without its riskd.

His soloing skills are cat at times . I think it can be difficult because he’s left footed yet he’s playing corner forward on the right .So he has to cut inside to get a shot off his left peg & this is where he runs into problems .